Method for providing audio game, apparatus and computer-readable recording medium with program therefor

Abstract

A method for providing an audio game, apparatus and computer-readable recording medium with program therefor are provided. The game apparatus is disclosed having a touch screen for generating player selected music and its music related tracks on which a number of index marks are arranged in a predetermined pattern in relation to the music and a timeline is moved in a predetermined direction until it overlaps with the arranged index marks, and when a positional value is received corresponding to the index marks from the touch screen by the player's performance a preset performance sound that corresponds to its index mark is produced.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present disclosure relates to a method for providing an audio game, apparatus and computer-readable recording medium with program therefor. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method for providing an audio game, apparatus and computer-readable recording media with program therefor. “Audio game” as used herein is meant to include general electronic games that present audio such as a part of an audio / video game and an electronic audio game as well as “audio game” by the traditional definition.[0002]The disclosed game apparatus has a touch screen for generating player selected music and its music related tracks on which a number of index marks are arranged in a predetermined pattern in relation to the music and a timeline is moved in a predetermined direction until it overlaps with the arranged index marks, and when a positional value is received corresponding to the index marks from the touch screen by the player's performance a preset perfo...

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Benefits of technology

[0005]In order to solve the above problem, the present disclosure provides a method for providing an audio game, apparatus and computer-readable recording media with program therefor wherein the game apparatus has a touch screen for generating player selected music and its music related tracks on which a number of index marks are arranged in a predetermined pattern in relation to the music and a timeline is moved in a predetermined direction until it overlaps with the arranged index marks, and when a positional value is received corresponding to the index marks from the touch screen by the player's performance a preset performance sound that corresponds to its index mark is produced. With the present disclosure, the player will have an advantage of foreseeing what subsequent track index mark will come after an end of one track in order to help the player to prepare for the next index mark to touch and clearly prompts the player to touch the index mark until more precise moment.

[0011]Further, according to the present disclosure, an extension line is outputted at the index mark so that it extends in the same direction as the timeline, and for the duration of time to receive a positional value of the index mark from the touch screen under the overlap between the timeline and the extension line the performance sound for the index mark may be outputted, whereby the player can precisely grasp until what time the index mark must be touched.

[0012]Additionally, according to the present disclosure, a plurality of extra index marks may be outputted on the extension line for additional touches, and if timely supplied with a positional value for the index mark from the touch screen whenever the timeline overlaps the respective plural extra index marks, the disclosed apparatus can control to intermittently output a performance sound corresponding to its index mark, whereby the apparatus advantageously prompts the player to perform consecutive operations in an intuitive manner. In addition, this may help the player in performing the consecutive touching more easily in a specific section.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the case of conventional game systems to run audio games, the display and control means are separated hindering a novice player to recognize from the display the timing of the stationary evaluation area showing a match with the music sheet index mark, when the player should hit the control means.

Not only the difficulty of the player to know each time when a new index mark appears in the conventional audio games, but also there were the disadvantage of difficulty of the player to grasp the timing of the overlapped moment between the music sheet index mark and the evaluation area indication.

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